Pursuits become habits. [Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]

Pursuits become habits.

— Ovid

Everyone is desirous of his own pursuits, and loves To spend his time in his accustomed art.

— Ovid

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Do not waste this life in vain pursuits.

— Isaac of Nineveh

“All great men face challenges in the pursuit of their goals. However, the challenges did not deter them for pushing forward and realizing their…

— Lailah Gifty Akita

A pattern is a guide or a model. Patterns are used in sewing and knitting, in wood and metalworking, and in a wide variety…

— David A. Bednar

“It’s not even that you have to drop vain pursuits. God is not asking you to give up your sweeties, your favorite treats. It’s…

— Mooji

We are material creatures who spend much of our lives on material pursuits (even building a cathedral or writing a novel requires stone and…

— Virginia Postrel

“Death by Trivial Pursuits”

— Dean Cavanagh

Also, painting and animation are really solitary pursuits, so the collaborative aspects of music making and acting are pretty welcome sometimes.

— Tunde Adebimpe

Something about the cultural tradition of Jews is way, way more sympathetic to science and learning and intellectual pursuits than Islam.

— Richard Dawkins

“We should associate only with positive, focused people who we can learn from and who will not drain our valuable energy with complaining and…

— Donald Pillai

It is rather hard to be accused of shiftlessness and idleness when the accuser closes the avenue of labour and industrial pursuits to us.

— George H. White

I love and collect contemporary art and go to all the art fairs. I love Damien Hirst and Matthew Barney. I grew up in…

— Nouriel Roubini

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we…

— Henry David Thoreau